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July 26, 2016
The Shan State government has made a last-minute move to cancel a five-day ethnic youth conference, citing the possibility of a negative impact on...
July 26, 2016
The Women’s League of Burma (WLB) delivered a nine-point presentation about the role of women in the peace process during the ethnic summit that is...
July 26, 2016
Solving on-going military conflicts in the country is being discussed at the fifth ethnic summit, currently underway in Maijayang in eastern Kachin...
In the federal constitution, Section 151 details the formation of the federal union army.
July 26, 2016
Five main topics are being discussed at an ethnic summit that is currently taking place in Maijayang in eastern Kachin State. One of which, includes...
July 26, 2016
The Peace Commission recently announced it will provide whatever assistance necessary for the country’s ethnic armed groups attending the upcoming...
July 26, 2016
For the first time in more than 30 years, Burma has published data on the country’s religious makeup based on the results of the 2014 nationwide...
A male pangolin in its enclosure at Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Center in Takeo province, Cambodia, 20 February 2016. Photo: Mak Remissa/EPA
July 26, 2016
Smuggling of illegal wildlife to foreign countries will be closely monitored and strictly controlled to prevent wild animals from extinction, state...
July 26, 2016
Maungdaw, Arakan State: Village Admin officer U Tin Maung (a Rakhine community) of Udaung village fined Kyat 500,000 to a Rohingya religious leader...
EU Ambassador Roland Kobia, left, discusses the EU-Myanmar programme with Mizzima Editor in Chief Soe Myint, right. Photo: Hong Sar/Mizzima
July 26, 2016
European Union Ambassador Roland Kobia is upbeat about prospects of stepped up engagement between the EU and Myanmar following the new Myanmar...
July 26, 2016
In a surprise move, Lt-Gen Mya Tun Oo, the serving chief of Burma’s military intelligence, confirmed on 20 July that government soldiers were indeed...
German Ambassador Christian-Ludwig Weber-Lortsch congratulating the graduates of the Myanmar Journalism Institute in Yangon on 21 July 2016. Photo: MJI
July 26, 2016
This week the German Ambassador to Myanmar congratulated graduates of the Myanmar Journalism Institute saying they had chosen a noble profession.
July 26, 2016
Dates have not yet been set to kick off a series of monthly meetings agreed to by Mon State Hluttaw members and state government officials, according...